Amazing Grace

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What if the base version of holiness

you've been metering out to My world

and My version of Holiness

are completely at odds?

What if your filthy rag definition of "Righteousness"

is utterly revolting to My Ocean of Mercy Heart?

Your pasteurized version of purity

creates a chasm between Myself and those I came to Save,

Those I came to Love

Have you lost your sense of wonder at the fuzzy math of My Favor

and on whom My Favor rests?

Have you lost your gratitude for the fact that that Fuzzy-Math-Favor

very much works in your favor?

When did your forgiven heart become so full

of careful cold-hearted calculations,

When was my "Whosoever will" provision

replaced by your selective system of "salvation"

you measure out to My beloved world

You have been miserly with the Gospel of Grace entrusted to you

My precious Precious Child....

You've meant well

even as you've doled out My Heart in this Heart-breaking manner

But Now,

Return

Let the Phoenix of my Mercy
Rise triumphant from the ashes of your judgement

Return to Tenderness

Be Amazed again by Grace

Remember First Love

There is Only Love

Be Still,

Know your God

and reflect me rightly

to the world

I So Love.

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"For God so loved the world"

John 3:16

Right to Left...

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Life read from right to left today

As I held my hot coffee

and looked out the picture window

A hummingbird came into the frame from stage right

Green chested and hungry

it lighted on a few flowers,

One,

then two,

then three...

...and in this space of a moment,

into which was squeezed 
a million heartbeats 
and as many beats of his wings

he paused

to flash his emerald breastplate my way,

as if taking a bow,

before exiting stage left...

....We are but a breath

and then we are gone......

Make the Moment Count

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Tether

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Tether

Between Terra Firma

and Terra Incognita

Fine as a silken spider web

And as Invisible...

This Thread that Holds me

When all others fail

The ones that seemed

so strong

so steadfast

so substantial...

...the ersatz ephemeral toeholds

this world has to offer

the trinkets

and tenuous affections of man

No, it is not in these that I trust

But rather in the load bearing

seemingly insubstantial

Solid Ground of Spirit

Sacred Segue from Deep to Deep

in Which my flesh finds safe passage

and sure footing

in Which when I feel so utterly lost

I am Finally Found

In God Alone am I Grounded

He alone holds sway over my soul

lays claim to my heart

and affords me

Firm Foundation

Thus Anchored into the Almighty

and His fear-leveling Love for me

Thus held and harnessed in Heaven's Hands

I carry on

and Hold

to the only

True

Tether

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"God Himself has said, I will Not in any way fail you nor give you up nor leave you without support.  I will not, I will not, I Will Not in any degree leave you helpless nor forsake nor let you down nor relax my hold on you!  Assuredly Not!"

-Hebrews 13:5 (Amplified Version)